Blackjack

Blackjack

Nicknames

Twenty-One

Country of Origin

France

Characteristics

Equipment

Playing cards

Type

Card

Number of Players

2-6

Blackjack, also known as twenty-one, is the most widely played casino banking game in the world and is a comparing card game between a player and a dealer, meaning players compete against the dealer but not against other players. It is played with one or more decks of 52 cards. The objective of the game is to beat the dealer in one of the follow ways: get 21 points on the player's first two cards without a dealer blackjack, reach a final score higher than the dealer without exceeding 21 or let the dealer draw additional cards until his or her hand exceeds 21.